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TIL of Brucellosis, a disease that spreads by eating or even just inhaling bacteria from infected animals or unpasteurized dairy products. It has many symptoms, from joint pain to liver damage to depression, and was the first disease ever weaponized by the United States for bio-warfare.

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rKYe TIL the original height of Mount Everest “was calculated to be exactly 29,000 ft (8,839.2 m) high, but was publicly declared to be 29,002 ft (8,839.8 m) in order to avoid the impression that an exact height of 29,000 feet (8,839.2 m) was nothing more than a rounded estimate.”
R5b8w TIL that a group of friends started to build a castle from scratch in 1997 using only medieval methods and materials. It is called Guedelon castle, and the building process is still ongoing.
OoZo4 TIL about Halloween candy buyback- a program that trades leftover candy (through local dentist's offices) for various dental items & sends the candy to the Troops
Bdbd TIL In 1870 a Lion’s Man Jellyfish washed up onto Massachusetts bay with tentacles measuring 120 feet (37 metres) making it larger than a blue whale.
rN6By TIL that Robert Hathaway married Sibyl Beaumont in 1929. When Hathaway moved to her home of Sark (between England and France), the American was amazed to learn that by law he was now ruler of the island.